Quantitative analysis of lung perfusion in patients with primary pulmonary hypertension

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 757-761

  Fukuchi, Kazuki ^a   Hayashida, Kohei ^a   Nakanishi, Norifumi ^a   Inubushi, Masayuki ^a   Kyotani, Shingo ^a   Nagaya, Noritoshi ^a   Ishida, Yoshio ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

99mTc labeled macroaggregated albumin; Lung perfusion scan; Primary pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COR PULMONALE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG; MALE; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; STROKE VOLUME; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULOGRAPHY, FIRST-PASS;

EID: 0036080760     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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